Saturday, April 20, 2013

Chén gốm hoa sen giá 9,5 triệu USD

HONG KONG: A rare red “lotus bowl” from the Chinese emperor Kangxi period of 1662-1722 has been sold for an eye-popping 9.5 million at a Hong Kong sale, auction house Sotheby’s said.

The price set a new world record for any Chinese porcelain from the Kangxi period during the Qing dynasty after it was bought by a Hong Kong ceramics dealer for HK74 million (US$9.5 million), Sotheby’s said in a statement.

The ruby-ground “falangcai” bowl decorated with pink, yellow and blue lotuses was originally expected to fetch HK70 million at the sale, part of Sotheby’s six-day spring sale in the southern Chinese city that concluded on Monday.

The auctioneer said the bowl broke a previous Qing Kangxi porcelain record in 2006, when a blue and white “Dragon” vase was sold for HK22.52 million.

Hong Kong has emerged as one of the world’s major auction hubs in art and wine thanks to cash-rich mainland Chinese buyers who have a growing appetite for luxury items amid the country’s economic boom.

A flower-shaped Chinese porcelain bowl from the Northern Song dynasty (960-1127) fetched nearly 27 million at a Hong Kong auction last year. --AFP

This handout picture taken on January 21, 2013 and released by Sotheby's auction house on April 9, 2013 shows a rare red "lotus bowl" from the Chinese emperor Kangxi period of 1662-1722 that was sold for an eye-popping 9.5 million USD at a Hong Kong sale on April 8, 2013. The price set a new world record for any Chinese porcelain from the Kangxi period during the Qing dynasty after it was bought by a Hong Kong ceramics dealer. AFP PHOTO / SOTHEBY'S